Deepwater prawn

Latin: Pandalus borealis
Size:
Male 12 cm, female 18.5 cm
Levested:
Soft bottom 70 - 700 m
Distribution:
Both sides of the North Atlantic. Along the entire Norwegian coast up to Svalbard. Iceland, Greenland and the west coast of Canada.
Food:
Dead algae and animal remains (detritus)
Facts about deepwater shrimp

The deepwater shrimp is hermaphrodite (hermaphroditic). It is initially male and changes sex to female later in its life cycle.

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